Mayor Ignatios of Galata

Mayor Ignatios of Galata (1042-) was the mayor of Galata under the Byzantine Empire.

Biography
Ignatios was from a lowborn Greek Orthodox Christian family, and he was the mayor of the Galata district of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire. Ignatios was made a commander of the Byzantine Army during the Arab-Byzantine Wars, and he fought the Seljuks during their invasion of Asia Minor in 1076. He was defeated at the Battle of Koralla in 1076 and again at the Battle of Kerasous in 1079. In the last battle, Ignatios, Count Gyorgy of Trencin, and Mayor Theodotos of Verissa were captured and imprisoned in Qom, northern Iran, before being ransomed.